HALLOWELL — Michael Kolster, a Brunswick photographer who teaches at Bowdoin College, will give a free presentation titled “A River Lost and Found: The Androscoggin River in Time and Place,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Thursday’s presentation is based on a project that Kolster undertook with writer Matthew Klingle. […]

As the second installment of its January “film noir” series, Curtis Memorial Library will screen “Double Indemnity” at 7:30 p.m. today. Admission is free. Popcorn, candy cigarettes and “mocktails” will be served. For the scoop, see page C3.

Studio Theatre of Bath will hold auditions for its spring fundraiser on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 at the Winter Street Annex in Bath. The April 21 show will feature local performers sharing their renditions of pop classics that topped the charts between 1955 and 1979. See page C2 for details.

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, will hold a reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Crooker Gallery to kick off the fourth annual “Joy of Art” juried art exhibit. Refreshments will be served, and music will be provided by Bill and Kate Gray. The exhibit, which will be on […]

BRUNSWICK — An opening reception for “New Visions of New England, a joint exhibit by painters Priscilla Myer McKeith and David McKeith, runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St. Their oil paintings focus on the seacoast, on lakes and hills in the rugged North Country, and on views […]

BATH — Fred and Sally’s “Winter Sucks” party, a fundraiser for the Bath Area Food Bank, will run from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St. The Knights of Columbus will provide a cash bar with their “legendary strong drinks for short money for a charitable […]

TOPSHAM — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra plans to perform concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School. The orchestra will perform works by Shostakovich, Mahler, Dvorak and Dukas. Tickets cost $17 for adults. Those age […]

PHIPPSBURG — The Maine-based duo Perpetual e-Motion, John Cote and Ed Howe, will perform in concert at the Phippsburg Congregational Church at 7:30 p.m. today. “Lauded as a two-man orchestra, Perpetual e-Motion begins with the simple statement of traditional, often recognizable dance and folk tunes from Europe and the Americas and charges them into propulsive […]

BRUNSWICK The Theater Project’s Professional Ensemble will present “Circle Mirror Transformation” and “Winter Cabaret” on alternating weekends in January and February, beginning Jan. 20. Annie Baker’s “ Circle Mirror Transformation” is directed by Christopher Price. The New York Times called it an “absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny play,” in which four New Englanders who have […]

DAMARISCOTTA H eartwood Theater will present “As It Is In Heaven,” a play by Arlene Sutton, beginning Jan. 20 at Skidompha Library on Main Street. A Heartwood release describes the production as follows: Set in a Kentucky Shaker Community in the 1830s, this script sweetly unfolds under the direction of Griff Braley and a powerhouse […]